Originally posted by bluealien
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I saw 2 different promo vids where he definitley gives her a long and lingering kiss... didnt see any gun pressed up to him then. There are at least 2 kisses, possibly 3 so it goes a bit further than flirting. I really don't think Shep is kissing her just to play along.. the writers are definitly going with some attraction here. I havn't really ever been bothered by Sheps little flings before but I do find it a bit annoying now, especially since the writers have practically being hitting us over the heads with the JT stuff... so if Shep can be swayed that easily be a pretty face it makes him look a bit shallow... and I was really hoping we were going to get something a bit deeper emotionally from him this season... it just seems a bit ooc as well after Doppelganger... I just don't want the ptb to mess with us... either leave John and Teyla as friends with NO hints of a relationship and references to them hooking up etc and let Shep have his flings... but don't do both.
I don't think it will do Sheps character any favours and I hope this ep doesn't bring all the anti kirkers out again... but then the writers don't help his character at all with this kinda storyline... as I said before I would like to see a Shep centric episode with a bit more depth and meaning... and let us see some real emotions and feelings from Shep.. sigh!!!.. is that too much to ask.. but it seems the hero is not allowed to have any real feeings.
I don't think it will do Sheps character any favours and I hope this ep doesn't bring all the anti kirkers out again... but then the writers don't help his character at all with this kinda storyline... as I said before I would like to see a Shep centric episode with a bit more depth and meaning... and let us see some real emotions and feelings from Shep.. sigh!!!.. is that too much to ask.. but it seems the hero is not allowed to have any real feeings.
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Without seeing it yet of course, my shippy interpretation is that he feels genuine attraction for her, as even committed men can feel, but in this case, allows himself to act on it because it's easy. She's there, there's attraction, and there's no danger or repercussions behind it. No team or friendship to worry about affecting like there is with Teyla. With Teyla, anything happening between them also affects and possibly risks everything near and dear to him. With Larrin, it's the easy way out, but he'll find in the end, that it's shallow and empty and won't satisfy him, so it won't last. I don't like that they're making his character weak like this, but technically, he isn't committed to Teyla at this point and this is an easy way to try to move on from his growing feelings. Which actually annoys me because beside from making the character weaker in my eyes, it's also a huge plot cliche. In the same way I don't want to see this with Teyla and Kanan, I don't want to see it with John and Larrin. Bleh. It looks like we may not have any choice unfortunately. So while I would rather they not go down such a predictable path, I see it as an annoyance, not a betrayal or anything like that. Because they are both still free and one of them is still in denial of his feelings.
It's just setting them a little further back then I wanted them to be or believe they should be after everything the writers have set up in season three and so far in season four with DG.
It's just setting them a little further back then I wanted them to be or believe they should be after everything the writers have set up in season three and so far in season four with DG.
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